Change

This is the change
life nearing death
death celebrating life
interwined, playing harmony.

Snow Fall

As the snow falls lightly
magic is recreated
The White Kingdom
descends once again.

Prosperity Mantra for the week.

I am abundance that this Earth and Universe represents.

Centered in the awareness of God, the universe gives abundantly, I receive gratefully, and I give again generously.

sankalpa dhaarna

Have you ever wondered how so many goals, which we must achieve, are nothing but a defeated exercise? So many resolutions, so many affirmations seem to make a difference but with an impact that doesn't last forever.

I will to lose 12 pounds. The inner voice says 'I AM FAT. '

I have to get up early. The inner voice says, 'I am a Lazy Bum.'

I should forgive people. Message to self, 'I am mean and bad.'

Why not celebrate the life by resolving to 'Sankalpa' instead of resolutions or affirmations?

The meaning of Sankalpa or Samkalpa (Sanskrit) [from sam-klrip to be brought into existence, wish, produce] A conception or idea formed in the mind or heart; thought, ideation, desire. The Vedas say that the whole universe is evolved through sankalpa -- the ceaselessly acting impulsions of karma driven by cosmic kama -- and hence it is only through sankalpa that the universe retains its karmic structure, appearances, and continuance.

In simple words sankalpa is thought, intention, or will directed toward a specific outcome.

So give your resolutions and affirmations a yogic twist. While the affirmation or resolutions revolve around the dark side of us, or the perceived negative element, Sankalpa is the acceptance of dark/ shadow self, the negative element.

When you say, "I need to lose weight or I am slimmer by 10 pounds", sankalpa explores the core feeling behind the negative self talk of being fat. So when you take sankalpa you set your intention, "I need to slim by 10 pounds. I accept that I crave for sweets, fried and unhealthy food. I accept that I feel worthless and defeated. I accept that I may not be able to slim at all. I accept that my Thyroid is slowing me down... Yet I set my intention to explore the feelings behind it. I agree to listen to my inner voice and guidance without judgements. I will allow all these feelings to arise and pass. I will be a spectator for these feelings."

Thus, you give yourselves more room for exploration and tolerance/acceptance for your own patterns, negative self talk and criticism. There will be times when you will feel blocks and balances. That time wait and watch your feelings. Watch what arises due to those blocks. Create space for your growth. When you come in contact with such feelings just accept them like a friend. Slowly, the blocks will melt and you will feel lighter, wiser and happier.

To develop the Sankalpa Power, take one small sankalpa each day. This will create balance in your life and strengthen your will power.

More Later.

Till then enjoy and take one sankalpa for the coming New Year.

Death and Dying

Fear of death is the greatest fear of the humankind. In pursuit of defeating death man had performed many Yagnas, rites, rituals and sacrifices. Yet, it was of no avail. The essence of "Foreverness" could not be achieved. Just because that is the Law of Nature. The one who is born has to die.

We have become so fearful of death that we see death as terror. There are so many movies on the terror of death. So many movies showing how people can escape death and achieve "The Amar Tatva" or the "Forever Life Element". But they all make human even more fearful of death.

The more fear he or she has of death, more and more he or she moves away from life. Fear of death leads to fear of life.

But death is a beautiful process if one can experience it with full consciousness. Experiencing the "Amrit Tatva" of oneself can be uplifting and you can reach enlightenment.

Death is not an end.

Death is the begining of new life.

Life is death. We are dying every moment.

There have been a custom of celebrating birthdays of people. Some people think that the are grown up so they celebrate it. Others think they are celebrating glorious years of life. But the truth is we all are celebrating the glory of reaching one more year closer to the truth. The truth of life. The onmipresence of change. The death. We celebrate the death of old years gone by, the old memories, pains and hurts, achievements and disppointments, time of love and hate, and all the things that have died. That we have left behind. We celebrate the death of diseased body, old patterns, and death of age we left behind. So we are celebrating death as the process of newness every time. Our body also celebrates the death of old, worn out cells by rejuvinating them with new refreshed, healthy cells. It celebrates with the glow on cheeks, shine in eyes, healthy magnetic individuality etc.

So let us all fill with the gratitude towards the process of dying. Let us know that death is not the destination. Death is the process of rejuvination...

Hey, but don't commit suicide by reading words above. Because it is not a celebration rather is a mourning. So celebrate life. Fill with love towards the feeling of death. You will see that your consciousness has risen and you are alive with life than ever before.

A new poem

The Cry Within

Yeh duniya agar saath ho bhi le tau kya hai
mein kudh ke agar saath ho loon tau kuch baat hai

Teri dillagi mein, hud se bhi guzar jaaon tau kya hai
Yeh hud hi mit jaaye tau kuch baat hai

Meri ibadat kubool bhi ho jaaye tau kya hai
jo mein kudh hi ibadat ban jaaon tau kuch baat hai

khawaab aisho-aaraam ki duniya ke,
mukammal ho bhi jaaye tau kya hai
yeh antas ki awaaz, yesh pyaas
pata chal bujh jaaye tau kuch baat hai.

Life is a Laughter

..
Where has laughter gone from our lives?

Day to day, moment to moment we do multiple tasks at the same time without awareness of them. We hope, pray, feel, hold grudges, hate, cry, greive, repent, feel guilty, feel sad, lustful, desire, plead ...The neverending list of muti-tasking goes on and on.

We hardly notice it.

We lament about how we are not achieving what we want the most in life. We never ponder on what we actually need in life. That's another topic but out lamenting makes people mock at us.
Those who mock, pass satrairical remarks are themselves drowned in the deeps of mercy, guilt and same lamenting. They try to laugh but it's fake.

We try to laugh, give away our anger but we fail. We try to laugh at jokes but can't help making a remark about it. Something has curbed it.

We can do everything possible on the list to make us depressed and sad. Even if there is nothing, we can make ourselves cry...
Why?

Why not make ourselves laugh for no reason at all for Now??

So let us laugh. Let us laugh at all the foolishness. All the stupid things we do everyday.

Let us imagine ourselves wearing a makeup of a clown or some cartoon character. Let us laugh at ourselves. Our hypocricy, our becharapan, our sense and sesibilities, our prejudices and all that years of greif ...

Let us laugh for 5 mins even if we don't have any reson to laugh at all.

You will notice the things lighten up and you carry your day with smile.

exercise to achieve Saakshi

Osho, the great spiritual master has suggested this beautiful and simple meditation exercise to achieve Saakshi Bhaav.

Whenver you are walking, talking, moving, dancing jogging, whirling, stop immediately for a movement.

You movement stops.

But something still moves.

Watch the movement.

Watch the non movement.

Watch your body.

Watch that you which is watching the body.

Be aware af the presence of body.

Be aware of the presence of you, which is not body.

Watch your body as if you are watching someone else.

Continue your work.

Try doing this whenever possible.

Done atleast thrice in a day will benefit you by bringing more energy to your center. Many other advantages, though they vary from person to person.

Saakshi: Witnessing

Buddha has discussed about Saakshi Bhaav, the Witnessing Attitude. It is of prime importance in a spiritual person's life. This is a step of great determination. This is a door to awaken many dormant possibilities. Saakshi is the dual arrowed consciousness.

Being available to this witnessing, dual arrowed consciousness lead to the knowing of existing and existant. This tell you that there is more to achieve. It constantly reminds you of a greater witnessing where witnesse and witness both disappear. All that remains is "Amness".

This further lead to Tathata. The final destination in a seeker life.

The blooming of Tathata is the blooming of lotus. The journey ends where it began. But it continues. The end becomes life. Tathata is "Isness". Tathata is "Total Acceptence". This acceptance is total because you accept gracefully and graciously whatever happens in the life. You become he event itself. You leave the laws of Karma behind. That is what Shree Bhagwat Geeta also says. When you become the "Karma" itself, you stop accumulating the Karmas and all that was there is balanced.

To achieve the state of "Total acceptance" on has to go through "Total awareness". That is the path.

Challenge

Take one thing today and complete it.

Make a wishlist of all the things that you want to do in Future or wanted to do in Past.

Rearrange that List according to priority.

It is important that you write it down, as it has more impact. Nevertheless, if you are feeling to lazy to write, type it.

Take the thing at the top of your priority and do saome task to complete it today. Act today on it.

It's a challenge. You have been delaying it for a lot of time. Now is the time to act.

Act now!

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Your Story is Old

We all have stories to tell. Stories about our own lives. We all think how great, miserable, beautiful, ugly, unlucky, fortunate we have been in our lives.

There are people out there who share the same stories as yours. Stories of love, deception, faliures, success, fear etc. You need to remember that you are not the only one with these stories. There are millions of people out to reach you. Whenever you hear their story, you share a part of that universal togetherness. Whenever you share the stories, you feel oneness. On the personal front, you feel bored and elevate to a level of higher understanding. You know that your story is old. Everyones story is old. The only newness that can be there is few words said here and there.

Find yourself a new story. Something that only few may have to share. Be realized.

Meditation

See this photo.

Look atthe colors of the sky.

Feel the vastness of the sea.

Feel the silence within the call of the waves.

Feel the warmth of the sun.

Feel the love in nature.

Whenever you are ready, close your eyes and feel this vastness, stillness, calm and warmth within yourself.

After some time open your eyes feeling Loved, complete and whole.

We have ceased to feel the love

I remember my father telling me a story. I often hear this story. I am hearing it since my childhood. It fascinates me as I am the child. My father continues telling the story.

"So there is this man wo is living in a house. He has a very big house full of windows and doors. But this man is afraid of so many things. He fears demons, bad things, fever, illness etc. He is like the frog in the well who doesn't know what outside world has to offer him. All he knows is darkness.

One day he accidently opens the window of his house facing east. It was early hour and sunrise was happening. He shouted with joy. He says,"Hurray, I have discovered light."

Suddenly he heard a rush of light entering his house and all windows got open. He was illuminated in the light. In this light he heard a gentle voice. It said, "My kid, I was always present there. You were the only ignorant one. All you had to do was open the window and let me in. You will never know me if you don't open the doors and windows."

The Man humbles and bows to this energy."

All I want to say is the we all have cease to open our minds doors and windows. We all are the culprits of this modern world. We are caged within ourselves by our self-imposing restrictions. We know that we have the power but all we have known is hatered, fear, indifference. We are unaware of the consequences of letting us free. We fear what may happen if we let ourselves loose. What may happen if we allow to love completely without expectations. We are all bonded laborers of society, religion and beleifs.

Lets open our doors and windows to feel that omnipresent love and divine. Lets us love and be love.

Haapiness

We have all forgotten the joy of being alive. In this society of personality, we need to remember somethings very important.

It is needed to take off the masks that we wear.

It is important to get in touch with our inner being.

It is important to feel the love.

today's Mantra

See the silence within.
Hear the tingling bells
the eternity is showering
blessings and lovings.

God?

Today while reading the book "The Power of Now", I came through an interesting question in the book. New age master Eckhart Tolle has given the answer beautifully. This was a question about God and Being.

So many people are in search of God. I must say that all the earthlings are in search of God, whereas all of us forgotten our true essence. Thus, giving rise to questions like,

"Who am I? Who is God? Where is God? What is God like? Is my God different from others? Why are there different Gods for different sects of people? What is the difference between all the Gods? If all the religion says God is One, than of all the Gods, which is the true God? How can I know myself? Saints say that they are Gods themselves. How can it be? How can I find the God in me? If all are born from God and merge in God, then why am I separate? Why is everyone separate from God? What can I do to reach God? I have sinned, will God ever accept me? If I find myself, will I find God? ..."

The questions never cease to bubble up. The answers by our religious leaders never satisfy us. Whats the way out? Where can one find such anwers? For sure, religious texts are not helping that much. Neither are the Gurus etc. Yet, there is a way out.

To be continued ...

Meaning of Om Mane Padme Hum

Dear friends, this is the link, I recived from one of my soiritual friends.

http://www.circle-of-light.com/Mantras/om-mantra.html

It correctly tells you the meaning of the mantra 'Om Mani Padme Hum'. His Holiness Dalai Lama has given the sutra of Nirvana too. That's what master do. They remind us of the sutra, the essence in all their talks. We have to be sensitive to understand it and imbibe it in our present lifetime.

Love, light and aananda
Manisha

Back in USA

After 5 months of my wondeful stay in India, i am back in California. Alas! I miss India. This feeling of aloofness and being away from my Teachers is too much to handle.

I am questioning the universe, as to what purpose do I serve in USA? My skills, my talent and the knowledge that comes from beyond is going waste. Why was I moved to USA by divine intelligence? I am even having doubts aboutmy teacher's words ,

"You supposed to serve greater purpose there in USA. India is your Janambhoomi, USA is your Karmabhoomi. You are supposed to help people with the divine knowledge and bring them out of the fear they live in."

Right now I may have doubts, yet, there is peace within. Mind may be disturbed, clouded by emotions but deep within there is a silence. Deep connection to divine and Divine Illumination to guide me on the destined path. There is no doubt about what is supposed to happen...

And this is where peace engulfs me.

I feel centered,

The Five Percepts- Part III

And a beautiful meditation came through The God.

It was,

"Close your eyes.

See yourself.

SEE your body and mind.

Feel what is going on in the mind.

Who is feeling aloofness, lonliess.

Now go deep inside you.

See your soul.

Be in that place you feel you/your soul is there.

Feel the space. Feel what's going on there.

Are there any feelings? Are there any thoughts?

Now shift your attention to the mind/ body.

Do this for few mins.

Watch the result.

How do you see/percieve yourself right now? Who is alone?"

Dive into this.

Just be with it.

Enjoy.

Whenever you want to come out take 5 deep breaths and with a smile open your eyes, feeling loved, feeling relaxed, feeling whole.


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The Five Percepts- Part II

Continuing from the previous discussion, why are we taking only the five things? First of all it has religious/ spiritual significance. Five is an importatant number in Indian Spiritual sciences. It represents the:

Five Tatvas
Five Devis (Divine Goddesses)
Five Senses
Five Vratas
Five Panchas (Pnachayat, a deciding authority in rural India, consists of 5 people/ judges. It is so because, it's beleived that God speaks where there is a group of 5 people in harmony, compassion and good thoughts)

As quoted in the Wilkipedia website related to Numerology, "Number Five is connected to sensual awareness in the form of the five senses as well as protection. It is also a number which represents service to others. It is highly analytical and has the ability to think critically, but can over-ponder an issue to the point that its significance is no longer relevant. This number governs our ability to think clearly and our intellectual capacity. Five represents openness to new experiences as well as new ideas. Seeking freedom, it is often the adventurer. Five is about pushing life to its limits. It is a multifaceted number with links to our state of physical and mental health."

Since the begining is important for any work, this thought occured in my mind. Let's start with 'Listing the five important things in life.'

These things can be people, work, things in general, attitudes, priceless emotions etc etc. Let us generalise this very first exploration of our life. Specific questions will flow gradually day after day.

Take time.

Think.

Take a whole day to think on these.

There will be lots of things that might seem important. It doesn't matter. Narrow them down. Ultimately, there will be only 5 most important things will remain. Now think on how, why and when did they become important. Go into silence and ponder on them. Recognise their power in Now. Be Greatful, compassionate and honestly recognise them. Feel the peace and calm. Feel the happiness they bring in now. Whenever you are ready, open your eyes with a smile.
Later on while discussion, one more question arised. It was how do you see yourself as. What do you see yourself as? How do you feel? What do you feel right now?

My student replied that she felt alone, loneliness. Something beautiful happened with that very thought of hers. A beautiful meditation came through timeless space.

Read on in the Five Percepts- Part III

Five Percepts: Part 1

It's been two months of stay in Delhi, my home town. One of my students started coming for a step further in her spiritual journey and life. She is a Reiki, accupressure and color therapy practicioner. And me a Reiki Teacher. So something new struck me today. It was the five percepts of Reiki and their vast implications on the things we do.

We started with remembering these five percepts. I will say they are six percepts, rather than just five.
They are modified from the old percepts as the new ones make more sense and add more power. They are:

Just For Now

I am calm and quiet

I am happy and at peace

I work with honesty

I am greatful for all

I am kind, compassionate and full of love for everyone

One is required to remember the aforementioned principles, as one ponder on a series of thoughts, questions or relevations day by day. The most important thing is to recogise the power of five. So whatever question, relevation or thought we are pondering on, it need to be stated in the sets of five.

Read further in The Five Percepts- Part II

All are light!

This world amazes every moment. Everything is so deeply connected, synchronized perfectly. Yet, we seem to be disconnected from each other. There is so much difference between us that we all suffer from inferiority or superiority complex. We often forget that we all are the part of same source, same light. We forget that we will all become one in that light itself. That's true.

Hmm, doesn't that make you ask few questions? Questions like:

- I know what this woman is talking about. I understand that. But how can I bridge such a gap?
- How is it possible that we all came from one source?
- Will we really become one with that source?
-How can I know that we are all lights?
- It's not possible, that the whole universe is in synchronicity. Is it? Etc. Etc.

Well, then lets explore the possibility of finding out some meditation that will help us feel united with the universe. The one exercise that will really answer some of our questions.

I remember one time while conducting session in the park, in New Delhi, something came from God. It was a wonderful meditation. Let me share this with you all:

All are light- A meditation

1. Sit in a comfortable place where lot of people are there. It can be a busy Market place, a big park, a mall...

2. Close your eyes and take few deep and slow breaths.

3. Feel a deep calm starting to surround your entire being.

4. All the noises and voices around you make you go deeper into relaxation. A state of silence and calm. You become more and more calm. More relaxed. Deeply and comfortably relaxed.

5. As you connect deeper into yourself, you start to feel a beautiful light surrounding you. The light of God.

6. This light starts to shimmer in your entire body. Each and every cell is illuminated with this beautiful light.

7. As you radiate with this light, you see yourself as a light.

8. Slowly and slowly, everyone around you start to shine a a light. Beautiful lights.

9. You are light. Everyone is light.

10. Feel the oneness. Fell the unity in the whole universe.

11. Enjoy this silence and unity.

12. Whenever you feel comfortable, take 5 deep and slow breaths. With a smile on your lips and gratitude in your heart, slowly and slowly open your eyes.

Enjoy~

Modern Medicine and Wholistic Healing

These few days I have been helping a woman realise her next step. She is one of the most intelligent woman, most intense and passionate. Yes, she is passionate about making difference in the world. She was a victim of mental health system for many years. She was diagnosed as bi-polar at first, then schizophrenic. She was drugged for 25 years. All this while her body kept giving the messages. Her body kept on refusing the drugs. What she needed was a person to understand her. A person who would have asked her what made her imbalanced and fearful. A person to help her untie the knots of all that was holding her true potential as a human being. But all that the doctors and sytem did was to declare her mentally ill.

Same has happened with the so called 'Schizophrenics', 'Bipolar','OCD', 'BP', 'Diabetes' etc. etc. . It's true that there are certain imbalances that create these Dis-eases in the body. But in my understanding, in the world of healing, to which I belong, anything can be cured and even genetic code can be changed by harnessing the true potential of natural and wholistic healing powers. The healing therapies like Reiki, Chakra balancing, Hara Balancing, Yoga, Pranic Healing, Kundalini, Qi-qong, Zhorei etc were based on the in-depth knowledge and understanding of Human Body, Mind and Energy.

Let me present to you a few general statements about certain things. I say generalized because it stands true in 80% cases.

- More and more people in US and around the world are getting obese. Apart from the fact that life has become easy and equipments are available for us to do the job, the truth is that obese people feel very insecure. To cover up their insecurity, they eat more. They eat more, gain weight and show to the world that they are also strong and big. That they cannot be harmed.

-Diabetes. People who have diabetes generally cannot digest the sweetness of the life. If anyone comes and says hello to them, is very nice, they tend to think that one must be having some work from them. We are not discounting on the fact that they might not be living healthy and must be eating lot of comfort food.

-Indigestion. This signifies that one is not letting go of the past or recent past. One want to hold on to the past, which is over.

The list is long. The only thing that I want to put across is that, the modern medicines cannot bring about the changes which are needed to be completely healed. They may have made wonder drugs to make one feel elevated, make one recover from the outer syptoms, but what about the core issue? After one leaves the drugs, one comes back to square one.

I am not saying that the role of Modern Medicine in our lives is entirely wrong. But I would also like to emphasize the role of Holistic and Natural medicine. The fact is that today's medicine world, "The Pharmacuetical World", is not the answer to most of the so called diseases. Because, how they create medicines is a known truth. These medicines are created after dissecting the dead bodies, live animals such as rats and guinea pigs, who have no connection with the human body.

The answer for curing something is not drugging. The answer lies in the harmonious co-existance of the modern drugs combined with the natural healing practices, because they can complement each other. Large consiousness is required for the understanding to develop in Modern world about the disease, diagnosis and healing procedure, sothat healing can be whole and complete.